arXiv Machine Learning

Finding the Needle in a Haystack: Test-Time Analog Circuit Representation Adaptation for Bayesian Optimization

arXiv:2608. 12687v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bayesian optimization (BO) is a sample-efficient framework for analog circuit topology search, where evaluating each candidate topology can require costly simulation.

arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 16

Lighthouse RL: Sample-Efficient Circuit Optimization via Strategic Reset Points

arXiv:2607. 14008v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: In this paper, we introduce Lighthouse RL, a sample-efficient reinforcement learning (RL) approach for analog circuit sizing.

By Mustafa Emre G\"ursoy, Stefan Uhlich, Ryoga Matsuo, Ya\u{g}{\i}z Gen\c{c}er, Arun Venkitaraman, Chia-Yu Hsieh, Andrea Bonetti, Eisaku Ohbuchi, Lorenzo Servadei

reinforcement-learning benchmarks

arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 16

EXPLORE: Exploration with Guided Search for Analog Topology Generation using Language Models

arXiv:2607. 13416v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Automating analog circuit topology design is essential to reduce the extensive manual effort required to meet increasingly diverse and customized application demands.

By Guanglei Zhou, Chen-Chia Chang, Yikang Shen, Jonathan Ku, Isaac Jacobson, Jingyu Pan, Yiran Chen, Xin Zhang

llms fine-tuning benchmarks

arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 9

In-Context Learning for Latent Space Bayesian Optimization

arXiv:2606. 09664v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bayesian optimization (BO) is a central tool for sample-efficient design, and latent-space Bayesian optimization (LSBO) extends it to structured objects such as molecules and proteins.

By Tuan A. Vu, Harri L\"ahdesm\"aki, Julien Martinelli

llms diffusion benchmarks

arXiv AI

Aug 6

ORACLE: A Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning-Based Analog Circuit Design Optimizer with Large Language Models-Guided Exploration

arXiv:2608. 04999v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Analog circuit design automation using reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as a promising approach for reducing manual effort.

By Osei Brempong, Mohammed Ayman Habib, Vivan Poddar, Morteza Fayazi

llms reinforcement-learning benchmarks

arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 28

Transfer Learning Architectures for Scalable Multi-Fidelity Bayesian Optimization

arXiv:2607. 23404v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Self-driving laboratories increasingly rely on multi-fidelity Bayesian optimization (MFBO) to balance cheap, approximate evaluations against scarce, expensive ones, with a predictive surrogate at its core.

By Jaewook Lee, Ethan Errington, Christian D. Lorenz, Miao Guo

robotics fine-tuning benchmarks

arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 9

Large-scale empirical tuning and comparison of default optimizers for variational inference

arXiv:2606. 07841v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Black-box variational inference (BBVI) is a methodology for posterior approximation that relies on stochastic optimization.

By Trevor Campbell, Jonathan H. Huggins, Kyurae Kim, Charles C. Margossian

benchmarks

arXiv AI

Jul 1

Dataset Construction for Training LLM to Learn Analog Circuit Knowledge

arXiv:2508. 10409v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This paper constructs a textual dataset for training large language models (LLMs) to learn analog circuit knowledge and customizes LLM training techniques.

By Zihao Chen, Ji Zhuang, Jinyi Shen, Xiaoyue Ke, Xinyi Yang, Mingjie Zhou, Zhuoyao Du, Xu Yan, Zhouyang Wu, Zhenyu Xu, Jiangli Huang, Li Shang, Xuan Zeng, Fan Yang

llms agents fine-tuning benchmarks

arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 3

A Survey of Circuit Foundation Model: Foundation AI Models for VLSI Circuit Design and EDA

arXiv:2504. 03711v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven electronic design automation (EDA) techniques have been extensively explored for VLSI circuit design applications.

By Wenji Fang, Jing Wang, Yao Lu, Shang Liu, Yuchao Wu, Yuzhe Ma, Zhiyao Xie

llms fine-tuning

arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 28

A Multi-stage Constrained Optimization Framework for Data-driven Problems

arXiv:2607. 23480v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Variational autoencoders (VAEs) transform high-dimensional, often noisy data into a compact latent representation, making downstream optimization more tractable.

By Ye Shi

diffusion safety

arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 27

Optimization of time-consuming experimental conditions using pseudo-experimental data guided by adaptive polynomial regression

arXiv:2607. 22238v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bayesian optimization (BO) is an optimization method that sequentially proposes the next candidate explainable variables for optimizing target variables by balancing exploration and exploitation.

By Hirotaka Sugawara, Yujin Taguchi, Kei Minagawa, Yusuke Hiki, Takashi Morikura, Akira Funahashi

benchmarks

arXiv AI

Aug 7

DASH: Decoupled Adaptive Surrogate - Acquisition Harness for Automated Bayesian Optimization

arXiv:2608. 00641v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Bayesian optimization (BO) relies on a surrogate model and an acquisition function, yet the most suitable choices vary across tasks and optimization stages.

By Changquan Zhao, Yuxiang Sun, Ruihao Zhu, Cheng Hua, Yulian He

llms benchmarks

arXiv AI

Aug 3

Wrong Code, Right Structure: Learning Netlist Representations from Imperfect LLM-Generated RTL

arXiv:2603. 09161v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Learning effective netlist representations is fundamentally constrained by the scarcity of labeled datasets, as real designs are protected by Intellectual Property (IP) and costly to annotate.

By Siyang Cai, Cangyuan Li, Haoyu Gao, Kun Wang, Yinhe Han, Ying Wang

llms benchmarks

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